These taste EXACTLY like Reece's Peanut Butter Cups! Yummy.
1 cup butter or margarine, melted
2 cups graham cracker crumbs
2 cups powdered sugar
1 cup peanut butter
1 and 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
4 Tblsp. peanut butter
Mix together the butter, graham cracker crumbs, powdered sugar, and 1 cup peanut butter until well blended. Press evenly into the bottom of an ungreased 9x13 inch pan.
In the microwave, melt the chocolate chips with the peanut butter, stirring occasionally until smooth. Spread over the prepared crust. Refrigerate for at least one hour before cutting into squares. ( I stored them in the fridge also.)
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Pepperoni Roll-Ups
1 tube (8 oz.) refrigerated crescent rolls
Pizza sauce
2 pieces string cheese, cut into quarters
16 slices pepperoni, cut into quarters
3/4 tsp. Italian seasoning
1/4 tsp. garlic salt
Unroll dough; separate into 8 triangles. Spread about 1 tsp. pizza sauce on on each triangle. Next, put 8 pepperoni pieces on each. Then place a piece of cheese on the long side of each triangle. Roll each triangle up, starting with the long side, pinch seams to seal and sprinkle with garlic salt and Italian seasoning. Place on greased baking sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for 10-12 minutes.
These turned out so good! And they're good without cheese too.
Pizza sauce
2 pieces string cheese, cut into quarters
16 slices pepperoni, cut into quarters
3/4 tsp. Italian seasoning
1/4 tsp. garlic salt
Unroll dough; separate into 8 triangles. Spread about 1 tsp. pizza sauce on on each triangle. Next, put 8 pepperoni pieces on each. Then place a piece of cheese on the long side of each triangle. Roll each triangle up, starting with the long side, pinch seams to seal and sprinkle with garlic salt and Italian seasoning. Place on greased baking sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for 10-12 minutes.
These turned out so good! And they're good without cheese too.
Italian Pasta Salad
8 oz. uncooked spiral pasta (I use the multi-colored)
2 cups cauliflower pieces
1 cup fresh broccoli florets
1/2 cup carrots, chopped
1/3 cup chopped onion
1 cup creamy Italian salad dressing
1 and 1/2 tsp. dillweed
1/4 tsp. salt
Cook pasta; drain. Combine onion, pasta, and vegetables. In another bowl, combine the salad dressing, dill weed, and salt. Pour over pasta mixture and toss to coat.
I could live off of pasta salads in the summer, this is one of my new favorites.
2 cups cauliflower pieces
1 cup fresh broccoli florets
1/2 cup carrots, chopped
1/3 cup chopped onion
1 cup creamy Italian salad dressing
1 and 1/2 tsp. dillweed
1/4 tsp. salt
Cook pasta; drain. Combine onion, pasta, and vegetables. In another bowl, combine the salad dressing, dill weed, and salt. Pour over pasta mixture and toss to coat.
I could live off of pasta salads in the summer, this is one of my new favorites.
Monday, August 4, 2008
Lemonade Pie
From Taste of the South Magazine, we have already made 2 of these in the last week!
Ingredients:
2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1/4 cup sugar
7 tablespoons butter, melted
(or do like I did and get a graham cracker crust pre-made!)
Lemonade filling:
1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk, chilled
1 (12 ounce) container whip topping, thawed
1 (6 fluid ounce) can frozen lemonade concentrate, keep frozen
1 teaspoon candied lemon peel
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In medium bowl, combine cracker crumbs, 1/4 cup of sugar, and the melted butter. Press firmly on bottom and up sides of pie plate. Bake for 7 minutes and let cool completely.
In a medium bowl, add chilled sweetened condensed milk and cool whip and fold gently. Add frozen lemonade and continue to gently fold. Do not let the mixture become soupy. Pour mixture into the pie crust and freeze overnight. Garnish with candied lemon peel.
Ingredients:
2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1/4 cup sugar
7 tablespoons butter, melted
(or do like I did and get a graham cracker crust pre-made!)
Lemonade filling:
1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk, chilled
1 (12 ounce) container whip topping, thawed
1 (6 fluid ounce) can frozen lemonade concentrate, keep frozen
1 teaspoon candied lemon peel
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In medium bowl, combine cracker crumbs, 1/4 cup of sugar, and the melted butter. Press firmly on bottom and up sides of pie plate. Bake for 7 minutes and let cool completely.
In a medium bowl, add chilled sweetened condensed milk and cool whip and fold gently. Add frozen lemonade and continue to gently fold. Do not let the mixture become soupy. Pour mixture into the pie crust and freeze overnight. Garnish with candied lemon peel.
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Graham Streusel Cake
2 cups graham cracker crumbs
¾ cup chopped walnuts
¾ cup brown sugar
1 ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
½ cup margarine, melted
1 package cake mix (any flavor)
1 cup water
1/3 cup vegetable oil
3 eggs
Heat oven to 350. Grease a 13 x 9 pan. Mix together the cracker crumbs, nuts, brown sugar, cinnamon, and margarine; reserve. Beat cake mix, water, oil, and eggs in a large bowl according to box directions. Pour about 2 1/3 cups batter into pan; sprinkle with about 2 cups crumb mixture. Pour remaining batter into pan; spring with remaining crumb mixture. Bake until cake springs back with touched lightly in center, 40-45 minutes. Cool. Drizzle with powdered sugar glaze of 1 cup powdered sugar and 2 tablespoons water.
My notes: This tastes awesome with a Butter Pecan Cake Mix! If I use nuts I usually use 1 cup of chopped walnuts instead of 3/4 cup. For the glaze I start with 1 cup powdered sugar and add one tablespoon of water. I then add a little more water or powdered sugar to get the consistency that I want. This is a great coffee cake.
¾ cup chopped walnuts
¾ cup brown sugar
1 ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
½ cup margarine, melted
1 package cake mix (any flavor)
1 cup water
1/3 cup vegetable oil
3 eggs
Heat oven to 350. Grease a 13 x 9 pan. Mix together the cracker crumbs, nuts, brown sugar, cinnamon, and margarine; reserve. Beat cake mix, water, oil, and eggs in a large bowl according to box directions. Pour about 2 1/3 cups batter into pan; sprinkle with about 2 cups crumb mixture. Pour remaining batter into pan; spring with remaining crumb mixture. Bake until cake springs back with touched lightly in center, 40-45 minutes. Cool. Drizzle with powdered sugar glaze of 1 cup powdered sugar and 2 tablespoons water.
My notes: This tastes awesome with a Butter Pecan Cake Mix! If I use nuts I usually use 1 cup of chopped walnuts instead of 3/4 cup. For the glaze I start with 1 cup powdered sugar and add one tablespoon of water. I then add a little more water or powdered sugar to get the consistency that I want. This is a great coffee cake.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Doctored Cake Mix
Have you ever made a cake from a cake mix only to find it was a little dry? I have just the solution for you!
Take any cake mix and follow the directions on the back on the box BUT ADD one cup of flour, one cup of granulated sugar (not powdered sugar), one cup of sour cream, and one additional egg to the batter. Bake according to box directions. When cake is done baking, remove from oven and immediately cover with a towel for 20 minutes.
My FAVORITE cake to make uses the French Vanilla Cake mix (ingredients on back of box plus 1 cup flour, 1 cup granulated sugar, 1 cup sour cream, and one additional egg) and two teaspoons of almond extract. YUMMY!!!!
Take any cake mix and follow the directions on the back on the box BUT ADD one cup of flour, one cup of granulated sugar (not powdered sugar), one cup of sour cream, and one additional egg to the batter. Bake according to box directions. When cake is done baking, remove from oven and immediately cover with a towel for 20 minutes.
My FAVORITE cake to make uses the French Vanilla Cake mix (ingredients on back of box plus 1 cup flour, 1 cup granulated sugar, 1 cup sour cream, and one additional egg) and two teaspoons of almond extract. YUMMY!!!!
My Fancy Cake
Here is another cake that I decorated for my cake decorating class. I spent alot of time working with this cake and practicing my techniques. This cake is anything but perfect (I see all of my mistakes when I look at this picture and remember the cake) but I still am very proud of myself for creating it! It was a lot of work but it was worth it!
I made everything for the cake except for the cake board and pillars. The flowers are made with royal icing. I left the aluminum foil on the flowers for the color effect that the silver gave the cake.
I made everything for the cake except for the cake board and pillars. The flowers are made with royal icing. I left the aluminum foil on the flowers for the color effect that the silver gave the cake.
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